What are you listening 2 now?

[Mandryka]

Just listening to this on Spotify, absolutely delightful so far, thanks for posting!

(The cover caught my eye too. I imagine it's meant to represent a vase with reeds or sth, but I can't help seeing a boy with big ears and unruly hair .. )

Glad you found it. This is another one which is worth a try - similar to the Cantica Symphonia maybe but more sensual - with this sort of thing a lot depends on how you react to the voice of course.

[Spotted Horses]

Weinberg Chamber Symphony No 4, Kremerata Baltica



Unlike the other Chamber Symphonies, this one is an original work, not based on one of Weinberg's string quartets.

Impressive work, excellent performance. But I think I am experiencing "bleakness" fatigue. The Weinberg pattern of one jaunty movement surrounded by doleful dirges is starting to wear on me.

I think next I will listen to some Bartok String Quartet recordings. Maybe I'll alternate the Takacs quartet on Decca and the old Vegh quartet from 1954.

[Karl Henning]

Weinberg Chamber Symphony No 4, Kremerata Baltica



Unlike the other Chamber Symphonies, this one is an original work, not based on one of Weinberg's string quartets.

Impressive work, excellent performance. But I think I am experiencing "bleakness" fatigue. The Weinberg pattern of one jaunty movement surrounded by doleful dirges is starting to wear on me.

I think next I will listen to some Bartok String Quartet recordings. Maybe I'll alternate the Takacs quartet on Decca and the old Vegh quartet from 1954.

By all means, mix it up!

[Mirror Image]

I'll have to pull this set out. It's been awhile since I listened to Glazunov symphonies!

Yeah, I have to say after much ambivalence towards Serebrier's Glazunov, I'm enjoying the performances much more this time around.

[Iota]

Glad you found it. This is another one which is worth a try - similar to the Cantica Symphonia maybe but more sensual - with this sort of thing a lot depends on how you react to the voice of course.

Thanks, will do. I heard Tetraktys in the Codex Chantilly some time ago, but nothing else. Completely agree about personal reactions to the voice.

[vandermolen]

Shostakovich: Symphony No.11 'The Year 1905'
L'ORTF Cond. André Cluytens
This is a most atmospheric and gripping performance, made in 1958 with Shostakovich present at the recording session. It has a unique atmosphere and, of course, the symphony was only recently composed. It's a pity that this was the only commercial recording of a Shostakovich symphony conducted by Cluytens:

[Roasted Swan]

For the symphonies I found the Jarvi recordings of Orfeo a bit more engaging, overall, but only Serebreir recorded the unfinished symphony, as far as I know.

There is this old Olympia CD too......



and the Naxos cycle as well.....

[vandermolen]

There is this old Olympia CD too......



and the Naxos cycle as well.....

I like the old Olympia version of the fragment of Symphony No.9 best - I find it the most poignant of all the recordings.

[Mirror Image]

I got my Charles Munch box last night! Only had time for a couple of selections...

Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture
Overture to Beatrice and Benedict
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch



What performances! I've never heard them done better - full of life and character and excitement, and excellently played. I still can't believe I was able to get this box at all, let alone for a reasonable price. I can't wait to really dig in!

Nice! Berlioz is still a favorite of mine and the best I can remember those Munch recordings are superb. I hope you enjoy them!

[vandermolen]

Coincidentally just ordered this (DGG Originals release):

[Roasted Swan]

I like the old Olympia version of the fragment of Symphony No.9 best - I find it the most poignant of all the recordings.

my preferred version too....

[Traverso]

I think that's one of the strongest performances in the set (along with 'A Sea Symphony' and 'Sinfonia Antartica') and I like the combination of works on the CD. I'd left the single EMI CD out, to play as another 'Haitink Tribute'.

Hi Jeffrey,I will listen to the Sea Symphony in the coming days,I enjoyed the music,I have little to compare,only the EMI Boult recordings.I'm happy with both.

[classicalgeek]

Happy that you are enjoying his recordings; he and the BSO made a fine combination. 

PD

They definitely did! I've listened to some BSO/Munch recordings (i.e. the Milhaud disc with Suite Provencale and La Creation du Monde I heard last week, and some of the Beethoven overtures) and it's all been first-rate.

Munch/BSO/Berlioz was the first box I ever purchased, and I love it still.

Munch definitely has Berlioz 'in his bones', so to speak! And there's a lot of Berlioz in this box - including the choral works, which I'm not as familiar with. I'm really looking forward to listening to La Damnation de Faust and Romeo et Juliette with fresh ears - and preferably a full score! 

Nice! Berlioz is still a favorite of mine and the best I can remember those Munch recordings are superb. I hope you enjoy them!

Thanks John - I definitely will! There's a lot of good stuff in there.

Thread Duty:

Well, unfortunately I've spent most of my last three days at work in meetings. But now we're done - and it's off to find something to listen to. Hmmm...

[Traverso]

Schubert

The most beautiful of


CD 1

[classicalgeek]

Coincidentally just ordered this (DGG Originals release):

Interesting! I wonder how it compares with the RCA Requiem - I have to confess I'm not familiar with either of Munch's recordings (yet). My go-to Berlioz Requiem for a long time was Robert Shaw with the Atlanta Symphony on Telarc, but it's been ages since I heard it.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Shostakovich
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, "Leningrad"
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
Kitayenko

[Karl Henning]

NP:

Shostakovich
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, "Leningrad"
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
Kitayenko

Love it!

[Mirror Image]

Love it!

Yep, I believe it was you and some other members here who made me want to pull out this Kitayenko cycle again. I'm proud to say that my prior judgement regarding this box set's merits were severely inaccurate. I'm digging it, Karl. That's all I'll say for now!

[Traverso]

Beethoven

To end the Day.....

Egmond Op.84 "Die trrommel Gerühret"

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
Kitayenko